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Chapter 221: The prince returns to his vassal state! Zheng Ji's imperial edict arrives in the capital! The two armies cease fire!
"Fengxian, won't you in the Presidential Palace persuade His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty, if we do this, can our Ming Dynasty really hold on?"

After the court was dismissed, all the civil and military officials were filled with emotion.

Li Dongyang and Lin Han couldn't help asking as they walked to the imperial study.

"No need, sir."

Lin Han looked at Li Dongyang's expression and knew his worries. He said meaningfully, "Your Majesty, he is not alone."

"He is indeed not alone, but can you persuade him?"

Li Dongyang didn't understand Lin Han's deeper meaning, and still treated him with the old routines and old experience.

"No, no, no, Lord, you are wrong again! We in the Presidential Palace cannot make the same mistake as the Cabinet. Instead, we can only cooperate with His Majesty!"

"Now, His Majesty is galloping on the carriage of our Great Ming. All we can do is try our best to keep up with His Majesty. Otherwise, sooner or later, we will be kicked off the carriage by His Majesty."

"Your Majesty has the ability to kick Liu Ying, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty!"

What magic power does Your Majesty have?
Is this really a deterrent to cabinet rebellion?
What makes Lin Han, who is usually steady, appear so confident at this moment?
Li Dongyang naturally discovered that this disciple had also changed.

Ever since he became the vice president, he has been filled with an inexplicable confidence in the emperor, and now, he has become radical.

"Of course I know this truth, but...if this war breaks out, at least millions of civilians will be injured. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Your Majesty seems to be deliberately stirring up a storm..."

Li Dongyang was of course a little worried about the people of the world, and at the same time he could only try his best to express his concerns.

"Lord, there is no point in worrying like this."

"If you have time, you can really go around Jinling and have a look..."

"As long as you are willing, you can discover the magic of your majesty..."

As someone from the Presidential Palace, Lin Han naturally now knew the source of Zhu Houzhao's confidence.

Their Emperor has the help of all his ancestors!

Who can resist?

But, he was destined not to be able to tell Li Dongyang.

"You mean... those ironclad ships? And... the endless supply of food that was taken out from the Xiaoling Mausoleum? Iron?"

Li Dongyang naturally had eyes. He had seen all the obvious changes in Jinling in these days, and was confused in his heart.

"more than……"

“That’s not the case…”

"You and I both know why Wang Anshi wanted to reform the law. It was because the court could no longer collect taxes."

"Why can't the court collect taxes? It's because land annexation is getting more serious..."

"Your Majesty's move..."

Lin Han didn't mind revealing Zhu Houzhao's bottom line. Besides, didn't these officials really know that land annexation would accelerate the dynasty's demise?

With so many historical lessons before us, we are all smart people.

It’s just that these huge interest groups cannot be shaken by human power.

"Ugh……"

Li Dongyang sighed and understood what this meant.

The current issue is land annexation.

One is reform.

The second is to directly start a war and reshuffle the cards.

Both methods are too radical and will lead to disastrous consequences if you are not careful.

But Li Dongyang also had to admit that compared with reform, which is a very easy way to fail, starting a war is a more immediate way to resolve land annexation.

But war has no room for error.

"So what if there is no return?"

"Father-in-law, you don't have to persuade me!"

"I know that this will cause the people of Dawn to suffer..."

"But if our generation doesn't solve the problem, won't they suffer even more serious disasters?"

"When the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, they will still be the ones to suffer!"

"I have made up my mind! I will let the people suffer now, and I will not let our descendants be beaten! Can you accept that one day... after the demise of our Ming Dynasty, a small country like Japan will be able to ride on our heads and shit and piss?"

Li Dongyang, with a worried heart, heard Zhu Houzhao's loud words when he stepped into the imperial study.

Yes, no need to persuade.

The Duke of Wei has already advised.

It's totally useless.

Li Dongyang regretted coming to see Zhu Houzhao again.

Their young emperor is now as determined as a turtle eating a weight.

"No! But Your Majesty... With war raging everywhere, it's hard to stop!"

Duke of Wei Xu Ju continued to comfort him.

"Father-in-law, why can't you stop? Haven't you seen the power of my new army? The concepts of warfare between cold weapons and hot weapons are already different..."

"I do know that, but...can muskets, gunpowder and the like really keep up?"

Duke Wei was more practical: "Your Majesty, the gunpowder you are asking us to train with is astronomically consumed every day, and you are also planning to arm 200,000 troops into the Shenji Battalion..."

"We are a state in Nanzhili, and we cannot face all the states in the country..."

"I told you, father-in-law! You don't need to worry about these things! You don't need to worry about food, logistics, and gunpowder! The Presidential Palace will satisfy you. Now you just need to provide me with a steady supply of middle-level generals and train soldiers who can shoot!"

Zhu Youlang, Huang Bao and others were not willing to get involved in the dispute between Zhu Houzhao and Duke Wei.

After Li Dongyang and Lin Han arrived, it was difficult for them to interrupt.

This is actually exactly what Li Dongyang is worried about.

One state really cannot cope with the entire country.

As for Zhu Houzhao's always-mentioned father-in-law... compared to the major events happening in the Ming Dynasty, Duke Wei's Mansion becoming an external relative and Xu Yunmiao moving into the harem were already insignificant matters.

"All right! This old man, this old man listens to your majesty!"

"I won't say any more."

"Your Majesty, please do whatever you want!"

Zhu Houzhao had said so, what else could Duke Wei do? He could only accept it!

"Your Majesty...I..."

"Teacher, there's no need to say more! Duke Wei has already said what you wanted to say."

"If you keep talking about this, there's no need for that."

After finally dealing with the stubborn Duke of Wei, Zhu Houzhao decisively interrupted Li Dongyang as soon as he saw him speak.

"Your Majesty... That's not what I meant! I just want to ask Your Majesty again, how about letting the vassal king go back?"

"I think that instead of letting those other people become powerful, it is better to let the princes return to their own places... After all, there is only one prince here, and they still have descendants. Should we allow them to recruit soldiers?"

Unable to persuade him, Li Dongyang was too lazy to do it anymore, so he just followed Zhu Houzhao's thinking and speeded up!
Although there are some gentry classes that are most seriously involved in land annexation in the Ming Dynasty today, most of the good land is actually in the hands of princes.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to kill other people, but what about his own family members?
"Okay! That's fine!"

"After so many years, it's time to see if the princes can save the Ming Dynasty in the last years of the dynasty!"

Zhu Houzhao agreed without thinking, given the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

He has already regarded him as the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and he can also get a glimpse of how the princes of the late Ming Dynasty can perform.

For those who can rise in this battle, he doesn't mind letting his own people occupy some seats in the future Ming Dynasty.

……

"Your Majesty, the current situation..."

"Our vassal king is actually very dangerous!"

"You are not at home, and the princes in your family will..."

Speaking of the vassal king, here he comes.

Today's court meeting can be regarded as the beginning of the chaos in the Ming Dynasty.

The princes in Jinling all had some thoughts in mind, but even so, they obviously did not dare to behave in any abnormal way in Jinling. They were even worried that their sons left behind at home would have inappropriate thoughts.

In Prince Ning's Mansion, Prince Ning and Mr. Mu Zhai are now very nervous.

"What can we do? I feel like His Majesty is eager for us to go back..."

"But now, you have seen the Shenji Battalion training outside the city..."

"Your Majesty, where did you get so many muskets? Now there are 30,000 troops equipped with muskets..."

Prince Ning was really panicked. At least under the pressure of the more than 100,000 or 200,000 new troops from Nanjing, he realized the horror of imperial power.

The Ning Wang Mansion has accumulated wealth for more than a hundred years, so he can mobilize a force of several thousand people.

But Zhu Houzhao suddenly increased his army to 100,000 or 200,000, and the whole of Nanjing did not see any chaos.

This scared him directly.

He couldn't leave, and he couldn't stay. He was in a dilemma.

"The imperial edict has arrived - Prince Ning received the edict. His Majesty said that at this time when the Ming Dynasty is in danger, the princes of all vassal states need to work together to save the Ming Dynasty. From the day when the imperial edict is received, the princes of all vassal states must not make any mistakes and should quickly return to their vassal states to gather troops and quell the rebellion..."

However, he did not have to make a choice, as Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict gave him the choice.

"Now, we have to leave!"

"Mr. Muzhai, what should we do?"

"I really don't want to go back to Nanchang now!"

When Zhu Houzhao really made the decision, Prince Ning hesitated again.

"Alas, Your Majesty, do we have a choice? We can only defend Ming!"

Mr. Mu Zhai sighed. Nanchang was too close to Jinling and they had no choice.

"Haha! I can finally go home!"

"Your Majesty, this is really drifting!"

"Does he really think that an army of 200,000 can unify the world?"

"Go! Go! Go! Letting the tiger go back to the mountains is your own fault, Your Majesty!"

Prince Anhua was different. When he received the imperial edict, he was overjoyed. Moreover, he was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would regret it and that the rebellion would not be able to get started, so he packed up his belongings and returned to his fiefdom that afternoon.

But no matter what.

When other officials saw the princes collectively slipping out of Nanjing, they began to discuss Zhu Houzhao's actions.

The south was once again in turmoil because of Zhu Houzhao's act of letting the tiger return to the mountains.

……

"finally!"

"finally reached!"

"This is really like a dead horse running over a mountain!"

Beijing!

Zheng Ji and Qian Ning, who traveled almost day and night, finally arrived in the capital.

The moment he saw the capital, Zheng Ji almost cried. God felt pity for him, an old man who was almost eighty years old...

Following the Jinyiwei all the way to the capital, his old bones were almost broken.

However, this was his token of allegiance to becoming the vice president and the first thing he did for Zhu Houzhao after taking office.

Along the way, he gritted his teeth and kept up with the Jinyiwei.

Finally, they made it to the capital, and were able to openly declare the once high-handed cabinet to be traitors.

This breath supported Zheng Ji.

"Yeah... this journey is indeed not easy!"

Qian Ning couldn't help but sigh. In just three months, he had gone back and forth twice, and he had become accustomed to it unconsciously.

"Let's go! It wasn't easy but we finally got here! It's time to sentence Liu Jian and the others to death!"

After a short break, Zheng Ji quickly composed himself and was looking forward to the moment when he would launch his killing move against Liu Jian and the others.

Immediately, he took another deep breath and quickened his pace to enter the capital.

"President! Commander, wait a minute..."

"The capital is a little unsafe at the moment..."

Then, just as they were about to approach the capital, the Jinyiwei in the front reported some grim news.

"What's the matter?" Zheng Ji was curious: "Does the cabinet dare to stop our imperial envoy?"

"no……"

"It's the soldiers from the Nine Frontiers, they are attacking the city!"

The Jinyiwei spy reported quickly.

"Hmm... soldiers from the nine frontiers are attacking the city? What's going on? Did they get the 800-mile express first?"

Zheng Ji and others quickened their pace, and before they got close, they heard a rumbling sound.

When they finally saw the entire capital, their mouths opened in surprise.

Because the soldiers from the nine borders pulled the red cannon from somewhere, and are now attacking the city with one shot after another!

At the city gates of the capital, facing these artillery bombardments, the soldiers defending the city were beaten so badly that they could not even raise their heads.

"Hahaha……"

"Traitors, why don't you surrender?"

"The day we capture the city is the day we will massacre all nine of your clans!"

"We are all brothers. Look... where are those civil servants? They are all scared to death!"

"Surrender! Brothers! Bring along the cabinet and civil servants, and make merit together!"

In front of the city gate, the soldiers from the Nine Frontiers with fierce firepower attacked while attacking the hearts and minds, and continued to provoke everyone with words.

"You are the traitors! You have dared to bombard the capital, and you have committed the crime of disrespect..."

Of course, the capital city was not immune to the attack, as they also responded with artillery fire.

The one standing on the city wall was still Xu Pengju.

"Stop! Stop! What are you doing?"

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

While they were arguing with each other, Zheng Ji, under the protection of Qian Ning and others, had already rushed into the battlefield with the imperial edict in his hand!
This sudden change attracted the attention of the soldiers from the Nine Borders and Xu Pengju and others.

Both sides became angry almost at the same time.

Tens of thousands of eyes fell directly on Zheng Ji and others.

"Imperial decree? What imperial decree?"

Wang Xun, a soldier from the Nine Frontiers, stood up on behalf of everyone and looked at Zheng Ji and Qian Ning curiously.

Qian Ning and his team had already protected Zheng Ji. Fifty Jinyiwei put their hands into their arms, quietly holding their revolvers, and none of them showed any fear.

"Of course it's His Majesty's decree!"

"Are you from Datong, Xuanfu, or some other place?"

"Did you come here to receive a decree from His Majesty?"

Being watched by tens of thousands of people, Zheng Ji was not afraid at all. Instead, his face turned red and he walked to a higher place.

"This lord is..."

"I am Wang Xun, the general of Datong..."

"..."

Seeing the formation of dozens of Feiyu suits led by Zheng Ji and Qian Ning, Wang Xun and others could no longer control them.

After all, this is also a violent organization of the Ming Dynasty. They claim to be fighting the enemy under the emperor's order, so naturally they cannot openly kill the imperial envoy.

"This gentleman is Zheng Jizheng, the current deputy minister of the Southern Cabinet. We are here to announce the decree!"

Qian Ning introduced Zheng Ji in a high-profile manner. After all, the President was a little unfamiliar with him, but the Deputy Prime Minister and others could understand him.

"No! I am the Vice President of the Ming Presidential Palace, Zheng Ji!"

"Who is guarding the capital?"

Zheng Ji corrected Qian Ning's address, looked at Wang Xun and others, and then looked at the city wall of Beijing again.

"Master Zheng!"

Xu Pengju finally saw Zheng Ji clearly and was shocked.

"Oh! Young Marquis!"

"Great! Young Marquis, are you the soldier defending the city now?"

"Hurry up and notify Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and all the civil and military officials to come and receive the order!"

"I have His Majesty's order!"

Zheng Ji obviously knew Xu Pengju. When he saw that it was Xu Pengju, he felt more relieved and directly asked Xu Pengju to call someone.

"This……"

"Sir, wait a moment!"

Xu Pengju hesitated for a moment, identified Zheng Ji and the Jinyiwei again, and gave the order decisively.

A war stopped because of Zheng Ji's arrival.

At this moment, both parties' minds were distracted.

Zheng Ji didn't go anywhere. He just stood between the two sides and waited quietly.

This moment was definitely his most glorious moment in the past few decades, and he also enjoyed this atmosphere.

Thousands of troops stopped fighting because of him!
This must definitely be included in the family tree!

　Ahem, too busy at work!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)